by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | STEM
Children as young as 7 are learning computer programming at school — and loving it. Experts tell education reporter Nicholas Jones the skill is the “new literacy” fast becoming the key to good jobs On a rainy lunchtime at West Auckland’s Marina View School... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Technology
We often describe songs using terms like “warm” and “dreamy” – but do these words mean anything to a computer? New software presented at the British Science Festival aims to give music producers the power to manipulate sounds more... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Technology
Typing on mobile devices such as tablets and phones is notoriously dodgy. It can be done, but it’s awkward, inefficient and frustrating. Sort of like rooting for the Chicago Cubs. A startup in Austin, Texas, may have found a way to solve the mobile keyboard problem:... 
by Ross Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
Bullying is much more than just a random occurrence that takes place from time to time on schoolyards and in workplaces. It is often carefully premeditated and executed against the intended victims. Bullying is an epidemic of cruelty and needless suffering that has... 
by Ross Crockett | Global Digital Citizen, Technology
“Margaret Wheatly, author of So Far From Home, is well aware of the fact that we live in a culture of immediacy, and of distraction. It’s important to consider how this has shaped our views of the world and about what it means to not just live, but to be...